Jimdamick
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Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama will leave office Friday with his highest approval rating since 2009, his presidency largely viewed as a success, and a majority saying they will miss him when he is gone.
A new CNN/ORC poll finds Obama's approval rating stands at 60%, his best mark since June of his first year in office. Compared with other outgoing presidents, Obama lands near the top of the list, outranked only by Bill Clinton's 66% in January 2001 and Ronald Reagan's 64% in January 1989. About two-thirds (65%) say Obama's presidency was a success, including about half (49%) who say that was due to Obama's personal strengths rather than circumstances outside his control.
Amid those glowing reviews, one-quarter of Americans (25%) say Obama is one of the nation's greatest presidents, far outpacing the share who felt that way about other recent presidents as their terms ended (11% described Reagan that way, 10% Clinton, and 5% or fewer said so about either President Bush). Still, nearly as many (23%) call Obama a poor president, more than said so about Reagan, Clinton or the first president Bush, but well below the 46% who said George W. Bush was a poor president as he prepared to leave the White House.
That assessment of Obama's presidency, as well as his approval ratings, are marked by sharp partisan divides. While 54% of Democrats consider Obama one of the greatest presidents, 54% of Republicans call him a poor president. Though he has earned near universal approval among Democrats (95% approve), just 18% of Republicans say they approve of how he handled the presidency. That gap explains the difference between Obama's approval rating and those of the two former presidents who left office with higher marks.
So now a new era awaits us, one that I think will be best expressed best by the Buddhist philosophy of Yin and Yang, light and dark, good vs evil, hope vs despair, positive vs negative.
For 8 years there was a sense of hope that things would be better, and I think we saw that happen, but I'm not a Republican, who really seem live in a alternate universe, where there is only darkness and despair.
Well, I hope I am wrong, but I think the Yang part is going to kick in very shortly (has already?), and we will have to fight back against the darkness that seems to await us for the next 4 years, at least that's my opinion.
So let's keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best, but I am personally feeling the despair part already
Well, it's time for my Xanax and Zoloft (my doc upped my dosage, God bless her)
Peace out
A new CNN/ORC poll finds Obama's approval rating stands at 60%, his best mark since June of his first year in office. Compared with other outgoing presidents, Obama lands near the top of the list, outranked only by Bill Clinton's 66% in January 2001 and Ronald Reagan's 64% in January 1989. About two-thirds (65%) say Obama's presidency was a success, including about half (49%) who say that was due to Obama's personal strengths rather than circumstances outside his control.
Amid those glowing reviews, one-quarter of Americans (25%) say Obama is one of the nation's greatest presidents, far outpacing the share who felt that way about other recent presidents as their terms ended (11% described Reagan that way, 10% Clinton, and 5% or fewer said so about either President Bush). Still, nearly as many (23%) call Obama a poor president, more than said so about Reagan, Clinton or the first president Bush, but well below the 46% who said George W. Bush was a poor president as he prepared to leave the White House.
That assessment of Obama's presidency, as well as his approval ratings, are marked by sharp partisan divides. While 54% of Democrats consider Obama one of the greatest presidents, 54% of Republicans call him a poor president. Though he has earned near universal approval among Democrats (95% approve), just 18% of Republicans say they approve of how he handled the presidency. That gap explains the difference between Obama's approval rating and those of the two former presidents who left office with higher marks.
So now a new era awaits us, one that I think will be best expressed best by the Buddhist philosophy of Yin and Yang, light and dark, good vs evil, hope vs despair, positive vs negative.
For 8 years there was a sense of hope that things would be better, and I think we saw that happen, but I'm not a Republican, who really seem live in a alternate universe, where there is only darkness and despair.
Well, I hope I am wrong, but I think the Yang part is going to kick in very shortly (has already?), and we will have to fight back against the darkness that seems to await us for the next 4 years, at least that's my opinion.
So let's keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best, but I am personally feeling the despair part already
Well, it's time for my Xanax and Zoloft (my doc upped my dosage, God bless her)
Peace out
